Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at Bramshott Common , while the TV crew were filming the reconstruction , Sergeant Nickol said : ‘ I am hoping this programme will bring forward something which we can positively work on . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm told that flattery will get me everywhere . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 4 | When I rang the consulate I was told such help would be hard to obtain on a Sunday night . |
| 5 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 6 | Experience shows that this would not be so , as people bent on suicide who are denied one method will choose an alternative . |
| 7 | Editor , — John Spooner calls on experience when he states that ‘ people bent on suicide who are denied one method will choose an alternative . ’ |
| 8 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 9 | The few jobs that are available are so poorly paid that the few who are offered such employment can not afford to take it as they would n't be able to afford the rent on their new homes . |
| 10 | Living standards for most of the population were lower in India than in western Europe and silver bullion , which was the nearest thing to a common international currency at the time , had a higher purchasing power in India than in Europe , so that anything made by people who were paid European wages would be expensive in terms of silver in India . |
| 11 | Is that why you were thinking some people might not want to belong to groups cos they always see er the group as detracting from their ego ? |
| 12 | Enquire : ‘ If you were offered this job would you take it ? ’ |
| 13 | Neither can it be assumed that a wife who is denied sexual autonomy will cease cohabitation . |
| 14 | Even 10 years ago any nurse who was asked this question would probably have replied ‘ I 'm answerable to sister . ’ |
| 15 | There are also differences between the states on the ability to stand as a candidate and the measure that we are debating this evening will ensure that in respective elections to the European parliament there is a greater degree of harmonisation . |
| 16 | ‘ We are advising that leasing will be the best option in the first year and our initial impression is that there will be more quota available than sheep that need it , ’ said Sandy Wright of Aberdeen & Northern Marts . |
| 17 | ‘ The only way to know whether we are doing any good would be to take us away for a year ! |
| 18 | But I think if we persist if the club and ourselves continue the way that we 're going those numbers will become less and less . |
| 19 | Only if that background is established can we be assured that abuse will not take place in future either in Leicestershire or in other counties . |
| 20 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 21 | We were told that money would follow patients , but now patients have to follow money . |
| 22 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 23 | We were told that capping would be necessary until the poll tax was introduced as that would bring accountability . |
| 24 | ‘ When that call was made we were told both players would be coming down and we did n't have to apply any new rules . |
| 25 | Malvern Hills college has been given a years notice to leave the buildings — but they 're hoping public support will make the council have a change of heart . |
| 26 | They 're hoping more employers will follow Lanes example in giving more of them a chance . |
| 27 | after it 's already been approved by planning , but it 's with the sub-committee and one anticipates that today , when they 're meeting that sub-committee will come back and will inform us that South Oxfordshire are in support of this . |
| 28 | When they 're doing that others will be collating the information and hopefully er , the television cameras , B B C have expressed an interest in coming down and so have the newspapers to actually do erm some sort of documentary on that , and put a display up in the school and also down at the Royal Quays just linked to us . |
| 29 | Because the term is uncorrelated with the forecast error , v t ( if they were correlated superior forecasts could be obtained , thus violating the rational expectations hypothesis ) , if we rewrite equation ( 3.1 ) as : and take the variance of both sides of the equation , we obtain : |
| 30 | They were told that consideration would be given to allocating houses which became vacant to Springtown residents and that discussions had taken place with the rural district council and the NIHT about allocations of houses by them . |